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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - Legislative Subcommittee on Barnes v. State to meet Thursday
From the news release issed by State Sen. Brent Steele (R-Bedford), Chair:
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 20, 1 p.m.WHERE: Senate Chamber, Statehouse (Broadcast Live Online: http://media.ihets.org/senate)
WHY: During this third meeting of the Subcommittee on Barnes v. State, Steele and other panel members will consider preliminary drafts of legislation that could be introduced during the 2012 session to clarify Indiana self-defense and search-and-seizure laws and protect Hoosiers’ Fourth Amendment rights.
In May, Indiana’s Supreme Court ruled on a Vanderburgh County case, Barnes v. State, in which a man questioned about a domestic violence call scuffled with a police officer who tried to enter his house without a warrant and against his will. At that time, the high court contended that “allowing (citizen) resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest.”
After public outrage and requests by Steele and other lawmakers to reconsider their earlier decision, Indiana’s Supreme Court announced its affirmation of that ruling in September. It read, in part, “Our earlier opinion was not intended to, and did not, change that existing law about the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, and papers against unreasonable searches and seizures.”
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 19, 2011 09:44 AM
Posted to Indiana Government